10 Best Netflix Shows Cancelled After One Season

2. The Society

Tonally completely opposite from our last entry but equally hard doneby from Netflix, we’ve got mystery drama The Society. After returning from a postponed field trip, a group of teenagers discover all the adults from their town have vanished and it’s up to them to solve the mystery, re-establish society, and figure out how to manage, Lord of the Flies-style.

If you’re expecting things to go south pretty quickly, you’d be right. But there’s a fascinating level of nuance here, too.

The themes of growing up and adolescence are treated with an impressive amount of care, and a number of impressive performances from plenty of talented young actors, including Freaky’s Kathryn Newton, ensure the action stays engaging. While The Society actually was renewed for a second season after being a hit with critics and fans, Netflix reneged on this decision, citing pandemic-related production issues. This was particularly brutal for fans as there was an enormous cliffhanger ending that would never see a resolution.

The petition to renew this one has almost 150,000 signatures and its ending is surely a part of that.